The Final Countdown: Oscar Snubs, Modern Games and Biden on Video Games

I haven’t really been able to process who may or may not have been snubbed this year at the Oscars, but Screencrush has, and I would probably agree with most of their picks here. Check them out for yourself.

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Paul

I think I'm a part of the first generation of journalists to skip print media entirely, and I've learned a lot these last few years at Forbes. My work has appeared on TVOvermind, IGN, and most importantly, a segment on The Colbert Report at one point.

Postal

A few points on the gun vs. video game issue.

Someone pretending to be a lawyer or advocate or something, who has been on 60 minutes at least 3 times fewer than myself I might add…, made some fairly ridiculous points.

I would like to point out that causation is not the same as correlation. As my stats teacher pointed out: ice cream sales and murder rates are highly correlated. But one does not cause the other. They are both affected by a 3rd factor. In this case: weather/seasonal behavior.

Do many of these murderers play video games? I haven’t seen the numbers, but I would suspect almost all of them have. I suspect nearly all of them have attended a religious service at some point or eaten a Happy Meal. See the problem there?